Valuable Jewellery.
What is described as one of the most j splendid pieces of jewellery in the world has just been turned out by a London jeweller for u wealthy Turk, So fewer than B«X.X) brilliants and hundreds of pearls, emeralds, and rubies have been used. It tukcf» the form of a "plastron," to he spread over the chest of the wearer, from collar to belt. It is 2ft •tin long. The centre in formed of a Turkish ereKccnt in enormous pearls, the device being as as a pieplate. A text from the Koran is inscribed in rubies withm the crescent, and the Sultan's autograph in emeralds appears above. Suspended by ropes of gems h a square medallion some -tin by Sin, bearing the Turkish dag in rubies, standing on an emerald mound, with a background of diamonds. A , miniature photograph of the owner, framed in diamonds, hangs below ; and lowest of all there is a pearl the size of an acorn. Surrounding all these designs there is a background of butterHies and flowers in brilliants, and the whole is fastened round the neck by a circle of diamonds. The owner may, if he likes, dazzle ail beholders with the entire mass of gems blazing on his chest, or lie may wear any of the pieces separately. j
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8103, 1 June 1906, Page 2
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